From: Richard Kahn

From: Richard Kahn To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: 9 East 71st Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:46:28 +0000 Attachments: PRIVATE_RESIDENCE_9_E_71_001.pdf attached is the first proposal obtained by Merwin from crystal comfort (a company merwin just worked with at caryle hotel) proposal did not breakout each line item (i have requested this) however pricing was 219,000 as compared to ad winston bid of 357,255 merwin said one of the big factors was that crystal comfort is a nonunion shop and ad winston is union i asked rich barnett to review and his comments were: Rich this contractor did a rush job on walk through he did not write anything down , or account for electrical panel costs , piping configuration valve costs , no re insulation of pipeing included .This quote may be coming in with a low price up front and charge us for everything else as an extra cost/ exclusion. Lets see where the second contractor comes in at with his proposal he was very good , spent a lot of time with the equipment and was very thorough, lets see if the second proposal reflects the higher costs ? i still need to review bid line by line and verify the validity of rich barnett comments second bid should arrive on monday.. Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue, 4th Floor, New York. New York 10022 to fa Begin forwarded message: From: Date: August 9, 2012 1:38:41 PM EDT To: Subject: Fw: 9 East 71st Hi Rich, This proposal is from Crystal Comfort. Merwin Dela Cruz I Engineering Foreman The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel I rosewoodhotels.com The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel Named Top Hotel in New York in Travel & Leisure's 500 EFTA00713445 World's Best Hotels/Critics' Choice 2010. Please consider the environment before printing. -- Forwarded by Merwin DeLaCruz/CARJRHR on 08109/2012 01:37 PM -- From: 'Joseph DeMaien To: "Mecwin Dela Cruz" Dale: 08109/2012 12:53 PM Subject: 9 East 71st Here is your quote. From: image runner Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:25 PM To: MMartinez• JDemaio Subject: Attached Image ierL'D ;JD ;JD aer aer °Cr EFTA00713446